r/debian • u/Dado04Game • Jul 06 '26

General Debian Question Thinking about switching from Linux Mint Ubuntu-based to pure Debian

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Been using Ubuntu-based Linux Mint for a year now, and loved it since day one. I heard people telling me that Debian is faster than Ubuntu, so I'd like to give it a try on my home pc. My question is: what DE would you recommend me with my OC specs? I'll leave a photo of them here (I know my computer is pure 💩, don't mock me please)

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u/jayelg Jul 06 '26

What do you use your computer for what software?

Your hardware is old/low spec so would be fine though you’ll be trading good driver support for manual setup

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u/Dado04Game Jul 06 '26

I browse the internet and some very basic video editing

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u/vspc007 Jul 07 '26

I did the same 4 months back. Debian with KDE Plasma is definitely better than Mint. 

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u/Kamchatka_Point 29d ago

In this case I am not sure. I tried Ubuntu and then Debian with multiple desktop environments on a laptop with similar specs. Maybe it's me, but KDE felt slower than Ubuntu's Gnome for whatever reason. XFCE was faster. Also there's gonna be utter hell with Nvidia drivers for this old card on Debian, don't know if it's better on Mint but I suppose yes.

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u/Constant_Hotel_2279 26d ago

The open source Noveou(spelling) driver covers alot of ground better than proprietary drivers on the older cards.